(2016) Bamboo and rattan are used by millions of people across the world for their livelihoods. This presentation introduces some of the ways in which these plants contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 1: 'end poverty', and how INBAR is helping.

1. Reducing Poverty with Bamboo and Rattan
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2. INBAR
• Established in 1997 in China
as the first global Inter-
Governmental Organization
• Improve the lives of the
producers and users of
bamboo and rattan through
sustainable management,
use and trade of the
resources.
• International Commodity
Body for bamboo and rattan
since 2001

3. INBAR Member States

4. Global Distribution of Bamboo

5. Monopodial (Running) Bamboo

6. Bamboo
Copyright: International Network for Bamboo and Rattan

7. 2015 – 2030 INBAR Strategy
• International Development
Organisation
• Support 6 SDGs through
bamboo and rattan
– Poverty; Energy; Housing;
Ecosystems; Climate Change;
Trade
• SDG 17 is INBAR: South-
South Cooperation
• 4 Goals
– Policy influence
– Knowledge management
– Capacity building
– Applied field Research

8. Livelihoods
• More than 8 million people in
China depend on bamboo
• Immense potential in other
countries of the Global South
• Household charcoal, food and
fodder, raw material for
manufacturing
• Protection against natural
disasters – bamboo bends but
does not break
• Component of agro-forestry
systems and landscape
restoration.

9. Profit from Bamboo Pole Production
Net annual income from bamboo poles per hectare in Ecuador
USD 780 after 7 years of management

10. 200 hectares in Chishui
• Bamboo poles for furniture production
• Furniture factory
• Bamboo branches for brooms
• Broom manufacturing
• Bamboo powder is used as seed bed for high-value bamboo
fungus (a delicacy)
• Bamboo waste is used as fuel
• Bamboo shoots are cut and sold for food
• Free-range chicken in the bamboo forest fetch a good price
• (Blue) Chicken eggs are sold at a premium
• Total income: USD 5,000,000 per year!

11. Bamboo charcoal – Undeveloped Opportunity
• Good Calorific Value;
• No smoke, No smell;
• Household uses
600Kg per year;
• That requires
2000kgof bamboo
• I pole = 25kg
• 8 clumps of bamboo
provides household
fuel for a year!

12. Bamboo and Rattan product Trade in 2013

13. Value-added Production

14. Bamboo Winding Drainage Pipes
• Traditional winding
processing
methodology;
• Using bamboo
fibres instead of
glass or metal;
• 25% Cheaper, but
as durable as
traditional pipes.

15. Pulp and Paper
• Chitianhua Bamboo
Paper Pulp Co. Ltd,
Guizho Province.
• The only pulp
manufacturer that uses
nothing but bamboo
fibres.
• Produces 200,000 tonnes
of pulp per year.
• Uses 800,000 tonnes of
bamboo per year.
• 10-20 tonnes/Ha and
each farmer has 4Ha.
• Supports 10,000 farmers

16. Activated Bamboo Charcoal
• Pore structure
provides high
absorption rate
• Good for filtration
of water or air
• Can also conduct
electricity

17. USD 60 Billion

18. Global Bamboo & Rattan Trade in 2007-2013
2537 2578
1825
1692
1856 1897 1860
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
USD million

19. Industrialized
bamboo products
29%
Woven bamboo
products
24%
Preserved bamboo
shoots
15%
Bamboo & rattan
furniture products
15%
Woven rattan
products
11%
Bamboo & rattan raw
materials
6%
World total 2013: USD 1860 million
Bamboo and Rattan product Trade in 2013

20. 4
4
6
6
8
10
17
18
20
30
34
97
161
200
1,207
- 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400
Canada
South Africa
Myanmar
Hong Kong, China
Malaysia
Namibia
Thailand
Singapore
Nigeria
USA
Philippines
Viet Nam
Indonesia
EU-27
China
USD million
Top exporters of bamboo & rattan
Exporters of Bamboo & Rattan Products in 2013

21. 547
295
234
42
40
37
35
34
28
27
24
20
13
12
12
- 100 200 300 400 500 600
EU-27
USA
Japan
Singapore
Nigeria
Canada
China
Australia
Korea
Russia
India
Switzerland
South Africa
Hong Kong, China
Ethiopia
USD million
Top importers of bamboo & rattan
Importers of Bamboo & Rattan Products in 2013

22. Global Assessment of Bamboo and Rattan (GABAR)
To determine the
resource base
and to identify
opportunities
and challenges
for sustainable
development,
using bamboo
and rattan

23. GABAR Launch in September 2015
• Ministerial endorsements
from Cameroon, China,
Ethiopia, Ghana, Jamaica,
Liberia, Madagascar
• Statements of support from
India, Indonesia, Kenya,
Philippines, Vietnam
• Endorsement from FAO an
link with FRA 2020
• Support from UNEP, World
Bank, CIFOR, ICRAF….
• IKEA wants to be part of
GABAR

24. National Action
• Inventory of bamboo
and rattan resources
• Determining
development options
and value chains
• Policy reviews
• Capacity building and
training
• Identify investment
opportunities
• Promote South-South
Cooperation

25. Global Congress on Bamboo And Rattan in 2017
• First Global Bamboo and
Rattan Congress (BARC
2017)
• Beijing, China
• High-level opening
ceremony and Ministerial
debate
• 2 policy dialogues and
parallel sub-sessions
• Exhibition of bamboo and
rattan products
• Side events organised by
others
• Launch of new initiatives
and partnerships

26. www.inbar.int